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B.S. Biomedical Engineering Curriculum
Requirements:
Total 77 major hours, 130 degree hours
- Biomedical engineering: 77 credit hours
- General education: 34 credit hours
- Required support courses: 19 credit hours
- Electives: 18 credit hours
Support Coursework
| ISCI 225/L | Integrated Science III and Lab | 4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus II | 5 |
| MATH 225 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 321 | Differential Equations | 3 |
| MATH 381 or MATH 481 |
Introduction to Probability and Statistics Probability and Statistics |
3 |
Biomedical Engineering Coursework
| BME 101/L | Introduction to Biomedical Engineering | 2 |
| CSC 170/L | Programming for Engineering & Science | 3 |
| PHYS 211/L | Physics I | 4 |
| BME/EM 214 | Statics | 3 |
| BME/MET 232 | Property of Materials | 3 |
| CHEM 326/L | Organic Chemistry I and Lab | 5 |
| CHEM 328 or CHEM 330 |
Organic Chemistry II and Lab Structure Function Biomolecules |
5 |
| BME/IENG 301 | Engineering Economics | 2 |
| BME 300 | Quantitative Systems Physiology I | 3 |
| BME 302 | Quantitative Systems Physiology II | 3 |
| BME/IENG 335/L | Biomedical Technologies | 4 |
| BME 303 | Introduction to Biomechanics | 3 |
| BME 304 | Biomedical Eng. Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| BME 305 | Biomedical Eng. Transport Phenomena | 3 |
| BME 306 | Biomedical Eng. Thermodynamics | 3 |
| BME 401 | Biomaterials | 3 |
| BME 463L | Biomedical Engineering Lab | 1 |
| BME 464 | Senior Design I | 3 |
| BME 465 | Senior Design II | 3 |
Elective Coursework (Choose 18 credit hours)
| BME 307/L | Experimental Design | 3 |
| BME 308 | Biomedical Engineering for Global Health | 3 |
| BME 402 | Computational Biomedical Engineering | 4 |
| BME 404 | Biomedical Signal and Imaging | 4 |
| BME 405/L | Cell and Tissue Engineering | 4 |
| BME 425 | Medical Product Development | 3 |
| BME 450 | Regulatory Pathways in Medical Prod. Dev. | 3 |
| BME 586 | Immuno-Engineering | 2-3 |
| BME 408 | Biomedical Engineering | 3 |
| BME 528/L | Applied Finite Element Analysis/Lab | 3 |
| BME 606 | Occupational Biomechanics | 3 |
| EE 301/L | Intro Circuits, Machines and Systems/Lab | 4 |